What a view! The 8-mile roundtrip hike to Charlies Bunion will reward you with a broad view of the Great Smoky Mountains that you won’t forget. And when you are done, you can say you’ve hiked on the Appalachian Trail! Click here to see what it’s like.
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Posted in Appalachian Trail, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Scenic Views, Video
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Also tagged AT, Charlies Bunion, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Horace Kephart, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Spruce-fir Forest
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A short walk on the Appalachian Trail offers displays of earlier spring flowers and specimens that grow only at the highest elevations. Click here to see what’s blooming on top of the Great Smoky Mountains.
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Posted in Appalachian Trail, Befuddled Botanist - Flora - Plants, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Minute in the Mountains: Scenery & Music, Wildflowers
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Also tagged AT, Bluets, Flowers, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Trillium, Wake Robin, Wildflowers
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December 30, 2009 – 8:50 am
Experience a year’s worth of Smokies moments in this short film. Take a look back to the many places 2009 has taken our video blog. Click here or on the photo to see it all.
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Posted in 75th Anniversary, Bears, Befuddled Botanist - Flora - Plants, Bunglesome Biologist - Fauna - Critters, Events, Minute in the Mountains: Scenery & Music, Scenic Views, Video, Weather, Wildflowers, Winter
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Also tagged 75th Anniversary, AT, Azalea, Azaleas, Bear, Bears, Cades Cove, Cataloochee, Deer, Elk, Flowers, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Rhododendron, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Squirrel, Sugarlands, Waterfall, Wildflowers
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December 23, 2009 – 5:20 pm
December 3 is a special day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the day that Wannetta Johnson brings a poinsettia to Park Headquarters. Click here or on the photo to find out why she has made this special trip every year for the past 35 years.
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Posted in Appalachian Trail, Fascinating People, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Ranger's Work is Never Done, Weather
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Also tagged AT, Eric Johnson, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Ranger, Rescue, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Wannetta Johnson
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Check out the Icewater Spring Shelter on the Appalachian Trail. Click here or on the photo to learn what to expect when visiting a backcountry shelter.
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Posted in Appalachian Trail, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Video
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Also tagged Backcountry, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hike, Hiking, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Icewater Spring Shelter, Smokies
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December 17, 2008 – 8:44 am
There are so many things to do at Newfound Gap: check out the stunning views, visit the Rockefeller Memorial and stand where President Roosevelt stood, and straddle the Tennessee/North Carolina state line. Sound like fun? It was!
Click here or on the photo below to check out all there is to do at Newfound Gap!
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Posted in Appalachian Trail, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Video
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Also tagged AT, Funny, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, interview, Mari Bland, Newfound Gap, North Carolina, President Roosevelt, State Line, Tennessee, Thru-Hiker, View
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August 18, 2008 – 9:42 am
Visit the Mount Cammerer firetower, one of the few remaining lookout towers in the Smokies!
There are several trails to the Cammerer firetower, but all of them are long and steep (the shortest route is over ten miles round trip)… just take it easy and stop frequently, because it’s definitely worth the climb. And [...]
Okay, so it wasn’t really a stampede. But the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies gets quite crowded during the last two weeks in April when the thru-hikers arrive.
Despite the fact that they still had about 1,900 more miles to go, a bunch of hikers were nice enough to pause and talk to me (while [...]
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Posted in Appalachian Trail, Mountain Voices: Interviews With Locals and Visitors, Video
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Also tagged AT, Clingmans Dome, Courtney Lix, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hiker, Smokey Mountains, Smokies, Through-Hiker, Thru-Hiker
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